chrysobullon sigillion

type of Byzantine privilege

From about the 12th to the mid-14th century, a simplified form, the chrysobullon sigillion, was used for privileges of lesser importance. It was not signed by the emperor himself but was held to be validated by the insertion, by the emperor, in red ink of the menologema, a statement of month and indiction. It, too, was sealed with a golden bull. The administrative documents of the...